Don't forget you're beautiful just the way you are!
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Accessibility Addendum: Still counts if you're using a screen reader to read it 🖤
Have you seen this? It's a fantastic idea to make things out of for the things that would need to be single use. Needle covers for medication injections for example.
Activism is my rent for living on this planet.
My views will always take a "take care of the planet" side of things. There needs to be more large areas that are locked off from human use to allow the natural world to thrive. Sure, if folks want, use them for research to see how long it takes for nature to take back an area but never should it be used for our survival again is the situation.
Image description: The quote activism is my rent For living on this planet from Alice Walker is displayed in white text on a picture of a forest in summer.
While folks won't always see it in reels or when I'm live over on the Dancing Lights Grove page on highdays, in person? Yea, it is easily seen. I meow as a greeting or as a noise of confusion, I happy bounce when I want to, and make computer programming references on things that you'd never expect.
Be proud to be weird as it is who *YOU* are not who others want you to be.
image description: post from twitter by with a black background and white text that says "I used to try to hide being weird. Now I don't, I let it show. It wards off intolerant people, it calls out bullies, and it's a beacon to my fellow freaks. I recommend it."
With the effects of climate change and the severe forest fires that we've been seeing world wide something like this should be implemented everywhere.
Pausing, resting, rotting on the couch for a bit are all options. Just don't quit :)
image description: a hiker in the mountains walking into a sunset with the text in white font in a dark sky saying "No matter what you are going through today.... Don't quit. Don't feel defeated. You are doing the best you can. Remember, giving up is not who you are. You may pause, take a long breath, pivot, or find solutions. but, always keep going!"
This is a big thing especially when you're also disabled.
Just do the thing. You'll have such an easier time and likely injure yourself way less.
Useful info for all pagans!!!
Many of us had to give up people in 2023 to move into 2024 with our health and well being.
If you are in this boat, of the person you used to tell everything to no longer has an idea of what is going on in your life: I see you, and I am there with you.
It is not always the easiest thing, but never forget there are reasons you took the path you did. Keep going, you've got this. We both do.
image description: black background with white text that says "It's weird when you realize the person you once told everything to now has no idea of what is happening in your life"
This is how I look at ritual work. Perfection isn't attainable. There are people involved.
Things will always be imperfect, you just have to roll with the punches and know how to communicate when you are.
Please hold for cups... or fire!!!
David Suzuki was at the forefront of the ecological movement when I was a kid in the 90's. Many of his quotes, while not easily pulled from my brain are the reason for my ecological focus.
We rely on the Earth for shelter and food. Why would we not respect her?
Stay tuned for Earth Care: why recycling isn't enough as a zoom workshop coming soon!
Image description: white text on a mountain pine forest scene with a river and that says "The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity - then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective. - David Suzuki"
For my other trauma surviving people pleasers: you need to be ok with people not liking you! Neuro-divergent folks I know the rejection sensitive dysphoria is hard on that one, but you need to try too.
When you are forever bending backwards for everyone else, you're not respecting what you want and need. You can't pour from an empty cup.
With the amount of us who had to leave people and organizations in 2023, let's remember to not let 2024 walk on us too.
Image description: a dark brown background that shows large quotation marks with white font that says "You Absolutely have To Become Ok With Not Being Liked. No Matter How Loving or Kind You Are, You Will Never People Please Your Way Into Collective Acceptance. You Could Be A Whole Ray Of Sunshine And People Will Hate You Cuz They're Used To Rain. Be Ok With Shining Regardless. Iamkira
Knowing yourself, is a very cyclical thing. We know ourselves, and if we are continuing to grow and change, that knowledge will change as we change. What we are sure of may change, what we strive for may change, there are regularly a few things that are always true but being a mystery to yourself at times is not a bad thing.
Image description: a tree with someone behind it hugging it so you only see their arms with white text that says "At times I am a mystery to myself" and denotes the quote was pulled from Quotes 'nd Notes.
The waters are alive.
Disclaimer: I don't use words like matron, priestess etc
I personally don't feel they are needed and just another way society does the "first woman" "first female" thing that is seemingly helping to hold women and afab non-binary folks back.
Each time a secular holiday passes, and overlaps with the wheel of the year I find I am reminded of this.
I like gifts between friends, but the ones that mean more vs the ones that are just stuff.
However, we all know I may want a witchy cottage in the forest somewhere, but I would *also* need internet access. I research better via my screen than books (my hands really do not like turning pages most days) and too much of my life is ruled by google!
This is good to know!
How many of my followers fit into this overlap. You can also sub out pagan for witch :)
*Disclaimer: not all my friends are witches or pagan and that's ok. This venn diagram does work for +75% of my friends right now though!
image description: a multi coulour five piece venn diagram. The 5 sections around the outside are q***r, mentally ill, witch, neuro-divergent, chronic illness and or disabled starting at the top and going clockwise. In the center where all 5 overlap says "My Friends"
Do you snap sticks at the solstices and equinoxes to mark the exact moment? Do you use google calendar?
No more needing to input all the days yourself!
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The little robot has decision paralysis!!!
Seems about right. I had a cat that managed Melle years ago.
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This is why after the spicy cat, I'm actually going to be training my cat to be a medication alarm.
Yes cats *are* trainable.
*This has had followers only turned on for commenting due to the spam bots*
Everything is interconnected. There are processes we will only know about by chance.
Why are we not doing more to protect the natural world?
Did you know cloaks also make really good coats when you use a mobility scooter?
For those who've never been in need of using a mobility scooter or electric wheelchair: they have windchill!
It's why so many people who use these devices use and or have lap blankets. Using a cloak I don't have to take extra steps to get up (putting the blanket on the scooter etc) I just get up and the cloak hangs properly.
Image Description: black text on white background that says "Reasons to bring back cloaks. Great for majestically striding through hallways. Comfortable and warm. Can use all the folds to hide the 12 books you got after you said that you'd only get one. All the wizards are wearing them. It has pockets.
This is in fact more accurate than original spoon theory.
This is essentially how I live on a day to day basis.
Also please know I don't mind respectful questions about tasks that are harder with my specific disability set etc.
As the new year starts, don't forget to let the trees speak this year
Let us not forget their names.
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Disclaimer: I don't use words like matron, priestess etc I personally don't feel they are needed and just another way society does the "first woman" "first female" thing that is seemingly helping to hold women and afab non-binary folks back. #pagan #PaganPriest #disabled #disabledPagan #druidLife #paganLife #paganLifestyle
I hope everyone has a safe and Blessed Solstice. #pagan #PaganPriest #disabled #disabledPagan #druidLife #paganLife #winterSolstice #winterSolstice2023 #Canada #reels
Pack the personal tote with me. This is at 10x speed! You'll see in the repack me put a few braces in. Specifically, knee, wrist, and a mesh corset. These let my body keep going when it's trying not to! #publicRitual #ritualLeader #pagan #PaganPriest #druidry #druid #druidlife #wintersolstice2023 #DancingLightsGrove
My cat is feral with well, just about everyone but me (she also likes the boyfriend). However, her ferality *does* come out with pills. Her meds are transdermal for less stress on both of us. What are some things you do to take care of your pets to make life easier on you and them? #blackcat #blackcatsoffacebook #feralcatsneedlovetoo #pagancat #paganism #druidry #selfcare #petcare #disabledlife #disabledcatowner #disabledpetowner #spicykitty #reels
My idea whiteboard is empty! Have something you've been wondering about? Paganism, disability, or where they cross? Send them on over! (messages to my page are totally cool for anonymity!) #DisabledPagan #PaganPriest #disabled #druidry #paganism #pagan #magick #neurodivergent #selfcare #neurospicy
Finch is how I get anything done! For those who would benefit from them I am sorry I do t have captions on for this one but it would make it more difficult to see the screen contents as this is a screen record. #DisabledPagan #neurodivergent #finch #druidry #paganism #selfcare #selfimprovement #magick
Your intuition is like a muscle, use it or lose it! #paganism #pagan #DisabledPagan #PaganPriest #druidry #intuition #intuitive #divination divina #reelsfb #reels
Yep I'm non-binary! This is your general reminder this space is owned by the rainbow umbrella. #transgenderawareness #druidry #paganism #pagan #prayeraday #AncestorVeneration #DisabledPagan #PaganPriest
Sometimes locations we'd love to get to for spirit work are locked up to protect them. #DisabledPagan #ancestors #AncestorVeneration #druidry #PaganPriest #cemetery #reels
Magical Minute! Saying your daily affirmations or a verbal sigil while stirring your coffee clockwise can help seal that intention into your life and help bring what you want to fruition. #magical #magicminute #magick #paganism #visionandmemory #PaganPriest #druid #pagan #druidry #DisabledPagan #coffee
The Ancestors are calling, are you listening? Are you hearing their voices between the leaves? Within the sunshine? Within the rain? #pagansoffacebook #paganism #PaganPriest #druidlife #druid #pagan #ancestors #ancestralhealing #ancientknowledge #ancestry #ancestorveneration #reel #reelsfbã‚· #visionsandmemory
Munchkin is cute, but her past (even though it was nearly 14 years ago now) was pretty not great and left her with a lot of psychological issue including a tonne of anxiety causing her to act like a feral without having been outside. She's afraid of most humans that aren't her Chelly (or her other human aka my boyfriend). #pagansoffacebook #blackcat #blackcats #paganism #pagan #druid #druidry #druidlife #PaganPriest
#paganism #prayeraday2023 #spiritsofplace #houseblessing #pagansoffacebook #prayeraday #druidry #druidlife #homeblessing
Now let's see if I forgot anything! If you're able, come on out to Hybrid Samhain Ritual and Celebration and find out if I did! #druidrypath #paganlifestyle #PaganPriest #paganism #ExecutiveDysfunction #samhain2023
What are your favourite traditions? #paganlifestyle #paganism #PaganPriest #druidry #druidrypath #pagan #ancestors #ancestorveneration #samhain #samhain2023 #SamhainSeason
How much packaging do you think is used shipping? That isn't even included in the stats. #environmentalism #paganism #druidlife #pagan #druidry #paganlifestyle #environment #wasteberg
It's ok to need your things. Do not try and power through and hurt yourself. It's a lesson I'm still learning. #paganism #druidlife #disabilityinclusion #pagan #DisabledPagan #druidry #disability #disabled
There's also one more that will get its own video. Most people don't work with this category (and for decent reason) #paganlifestyle #druidry #pagan #Ancestors #ancestorveneration
It's not just those we are related to that have joined the ranks of the dead that are our ancestors. #paganism #PaganPriest #pagan #druidry #druidlife #ancestors #ancestorveneration
Great way to still keep bringing flowers to cemeteries etc during this time of year: buy the plant if it's going to be cheaper! This many cut mums would have cost me easily $45-50 #paganism #budget #frugalliving #offerings #druidlife #druid #pagan #PaganPriest #ancestors #ancestorwork
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